If you're counting down the days until football season kicks off - less than 100 now for high school, college and NFL - you're off the mark: Football season is still going on. The Prichard Falcons play the Alabama Crusaders in the championship game of the Xtreme South Football League on Saturday.

The Falcons face their rivals from Pelham for the XSFL title at 7 p.m. Saturday at Warrior Stadium in Morris.

Prichard lost one game during the regular season - a 10-6 setback pinned on the Falcons by the Crusaders on April 20 at Prichard Stadium. Otherwise, Prichard has won its eight games this year by a combined score of 283-45, including a 29-7 victory over the Coastal Destroyers of Panama City, Fla., on May 18 in a semifinal playoff game. The Crusaders advanced with a 10-2 victory over the Alabama Warriors of Morris.

The loss to the Crusaders was the Falcons' only regular-season defeat in three seasons. In 2011, when the Falcons played in the Premier South Football League, they went undefeated in the regular season, but lost in the championship game. Last year, in Prichard's first campaign in the XSFL, it capped an undefeated season with a playoff sweep.

"We're out for revenge," said Rico Ruffin, who's not only the Falcons' owner, but also a cornerback.

The Falcons have 48 players. Most of them played high school football in Mobile, particularly at Blount and Vigor. Ruffin is a former Vigor player. Etric Pruitt, a former Theodore High and Southern Miss star who played in the Super Bowl for the Seattle Seahawks, is in the Falcons' secondary, too.

Marvin White is the Falcons' head coach. The team practices on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

"We don't get paid," Ruffin said. "A lot of the guys play for the love of the game. And for some of the guys, it keeps them out of trouble. They know they have something to do - practice, games - that keeps them busy and keeps them from getting in trouble.

"It's a second-chance opportunity, basically, for some guys who didn't have the grades. We've got a couple of young guys trying to get some film."

The Falcons grew out of the ashes of the Port City Monarchs.

"Most people don't want to have anything to do with Prichard," Ruffin said. "They think nothing positive is going on here. But I look at this team as trying to do something for Prichard."

The XSFL has eight teams. The other teams are the Covington County Raiders of Red Level, Escambia Sharks of Century, Fla., South Alabama Seminoles of Prattville and West Florida Ravens of Pensacola.

Tickets for Saturday's championship game cost $10 for adults and $5 for children. The XSFL plans to hold an all-star game in Panama City, Fla., in June.